Chapter 7 — In Rebirth, I Won't Save Thanh Mai Anymore

The fifth prince also left behind the oanh oanh banquet in the palace, and followed the Princess Truong all day in and out of the big medical shops in the capital, praying for the Emperor's good health. Only the Third Prince, the night the Emperor was in critical condition, came to visit once, then he declared sick and was bedridden, unable to come out. On the night the Emperor passed away, I led a caravan of elite Tran Nam troops to listen to my orders and quietly enter the capital. The Queen, under the pretext of protecting the Emperor, forced the princes to stay in the palace. The night wind howled, the smell of blood lingered in the air. The Tran Nam army was dispatched in advance to the capital and ambushed around the royal palace. I led five thousand elite soldiers to knock on the palace gate, first four times quickly, then three times slowly. The minor general holding the door was a member of the Third Prince. Hearing the signal, he immediately opened the gate. I ordered the deputy general to lead part of the soldiers to rush towards the Queen's Ngo Dong pavilion, and I led the strong general to rush straight into the fiery Kim Loan palace. The Third Prince and I made an appointment that once the Emperor died, he would order someone to light a pile of smoke to signal the top of Kim Loan Palace. As soon as I arrived in front of the palace, I heard Princess Truong's shrill shout from inside: "This palace's fifth brother is the son of the Central Palace! He is the righteous son of the new generation! Second brother, Third brother, I advise you not to have other thoughts!" The four princesses also shouted loudly: "If you obediently support the fifth brother ascending the throne, my royal sister and I will definitely advise him to give each of you a piece of fertile land, so that you can spend the rest of your life as a prince!" However, the Fifth Prince did not speak at all. I strode into Kim Loan Palace, only to see the Fifth Prince cowering in the corner like a coward, his face drained of blood, as if he was about to be scared to death. The Second Prince held two long swords in his hand, one pointed straight at the Fifth Prince's chest, the other pointed at the Third Prince's neck! The eldest princess was obviously also quite scared, but she still tried to calmly continue to advise: "Second brother, why do you have to die if the net is torn? Right now all the guards in the palace are my mother's people. Even if you kill all the other princes, my mother will not let you sit anywhere!" They argued until their faces were red, completely unaware that I had entered. I raised my hand and shot out a crossbow bolt soaked in poison from my sleeve, knocking the Second Prince directly to the ground. Right after that, I also decisively knocked the Truong Princess and the Fourth Princess unconscious. The fierce generals behind him pulled the Fifth Prince up from the ground, tied his hands and feet, and stuffed a rag into his mouth. The third prince immediately stood up, hid behind me, a bit of resentment flashed in his eyes: "Why are you so late? I almost had my throat slit." I turned around and patted his back to reassure him. He curled up in my arms, his long eyelashes tickled my neck: "Miss Ta, next time don't leave me for so long. I'm facing these things alone... it's really scary." Is he afraid? If it weren't for my hand touching the hidden gas rising in his sleeve, perhaps I really believed he was scared. The wind carried the scent of blood and hatred far away. After one night, the palace changed hands. I used the white decree I found in Duong Tam Palace to forge a throne transfer letter for the Third Prince, then used the Queen's life to force the Fifth Prince to go to Linh. Nam, the king of leisure, used the life of the Fifth Prince to threaten the Queen into closing the small Buddhist hall to practice. The second prince had great ambition, but unfortunately his body was too weak. My arrow on a normal person only causes a coma for a day at most, but on him, it causes him to have a high fever for three days, and finally he has difficulty breathing and stops breathing. Now that the great power of the Central Palace is gone, my father supports my choice, and the martial arts brothers behind him naturally also support him. Therefore, the group of civil and military officials standing on the court, whether they were willing or not, eventually had to bow their heads and confess to the Third Prince sitting on the dragon's chair. The third prince is a man of his word. From Long Chi Cong, Dan Thu Thiet To, High Mandarins and Hau Loc promised in the past... the rewards flowed like water into the General's palace, so much so that the little eunuch who was told to run even had his legs thinned twice. The third prince was a wise man, staying up late and waking up early, loving his people like his own children, and for the sake of national affairs, he lived in the sun and the dew. But his only flaw is that his harem is empty. Since ascending the throne until now, there has not been a single female in the harem. The old man took turns advising him in all kinds of ways, but he was soft and did not listen, and he was stubborn and refused. On the night of the New Year's Eve banquet, the Third Prince lost his temper for the first time and drank until he was blind. He used the excuse of being sober and asked me to meet privately in the ovary pavilion. I looked at his beautiful eyebrows and eyes, heard him shyly confess his hidden desire in the bottom of his heart: "Nam Ngoc, do you wish to be my Queen?" Before I could answer, he hastily continued: "I swear! In this life I will only love you, there will never be any other women in the harem."